Alastair Millar

Yeah I'm sure he'll try shipping them to Democrat-controlled areas/cities.

We should not be aiming to "satisfy" (i.e. appease/reward) Russia - they are clearly the aggressor, and could stop the war tomorrow by announcing their withdrawal from Ukrainian territory.

Apparently making them someone else's problem beats actually trying to find a solution.

This is pure Russian propaganda. A US official arguing Russia’s aggression and murder should be rewarded.

Another Christian fundamentalist who doesn't believe in the separation of Church and State, and whose views are abhorent to the majority.

Based on the current front line?

In other words, we should accept Russia's invasion and seizure of foreign territory, just as we accepted the capture of Crimea. Once more, this would merely allow Putin to recover and try again - either in Ukraine or elsewhere.
Astoundingly short-sighted naivety.

Know the malign actors; here's one of them.

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 1121:
A part of engaging the reader is to get them to notice things in a way they never have. To do that, YOU have to notice things. So be aware of what’s around you. Watch the news. Look out of windows. Observe with all your senses. Question. Be curious. Make notes.

once again "ai" is just many underpaid overseas contractors in a trenchcoat and every once in a while sam altman pretends to be scared of its awesome power in order to drum up more funding

The surviving stones of the Callanish II Stone Circle. Dating to late Neolithic and early Bronze Age, the circle is located near the main Callanish Stones on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. 📸 My own. #StandingStoneSunday #Callanish #Prehistory #Lewis

This one's going to run and run: it's publicity for a new biography, and the claimed daughter apparently has (some of) Freddie's diaries, which could also be published. Follow the money.

Is it true? 🤷‍♂️ A DNA test has not been made public. Queen aren't commenting: and how could they prove a negative?

The weaponisation of migration - once again, a way in which Russia seeks to weaken and undermine Europe.

It's the guns, America.
You're the only country in the world with an epidemic of gun violence.
Wake up and do something about it.

Russia is the aggressor!

Russia invaded Ukraine!

Russia must be forced to make concessions if we want to avoid future war. Instead, Ukraine is pressured to make them, which will encourage future wars.

It's our land! Our people live there!

Disrespectful and disgusting.

‘Unexpected’ discovery shines new light on Latvian hillfort’s history New evidence shows people may have lived in the fort in the Late Neolithic period.

A hillfort in northern Latvia could have been settled as far back as 1800 BC, thousands of years earlier than previously thought, after an unexpected discovery by archaeologists this summer.

Le scale a Vétheuil
The Steps at Vetheuil, 1881
Claude Monet

Death of a publishing dream: how the Unbound revolution b... The literary disrupters enjoyed great success with their crowdfunding model, signing authors that other publishers overlooked. And then the money ran out…

Good Observer piece on the Unbound shitshow. (I was one of the many affected people interviewed for this.)

observer.co.uk/news/busines...

It might sound crazy, but if people bought my books and made me a billionaire author I would simply protect my legacy by not putting any of my money into persecuting minority groups who just want to be left alone to live their lives and not harm anyone. Not a single penny.

🇺🇦 Zelensky: Any decisions against us, any decisions without Ukraine, are simultaneously decisions against peace. They will bring nothing. These are dead decisions; they will never work.

Moldova Is Russia’s Next Election Target—And the World Should Pay Attention As the Kremlin refines its hybrid warfare arsenal, Moldova has become the testing ground for perfecting election interference tactics that will soon be unleashed across all of Europe, US, and beyond

My latest on Russia’s escalating attacks on Moldova’s upcoming election and the tactics they are testing that will be deployed against all of us.

The world needs to pay attention

🇺🇦 Zelensky: Ukrainians defend what's theirs. Of course, we will not reward Russia for what it has perpetrated.

The answer to the Ukrainian territorial question already is in the Constitution of Ukraine. Ukrainians will not gift their land to the occupier.

Fire extinguished, historic mosque-cathedral in southern Spain 'saved' A fire broke out in the historic mosque-turned-cathedral in Cordoba on Friday but the monument was saved as firefighters quickly contained and then extinguished it, the Spanish city's mayor said.

Well thank goodness for that.

As expected, Russia's demands for a ceasefire are utterly unacceptable - once again, they are just trying to use the United States to grab what they cannot gain militarily.

Insomnia ftw.

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Fragment of an ancient patterned cloak made of lime bast, brown with lighter beige woven designs. The textile is worn and partially damaged, with frayed edges and missing sections, displayed flat on a light gray surface.

For #FindsFriday a rare fragment of a #Neolithic patterned cloak made of lime bast, dating 2700-2500 BC. Found in Maur-Schifflände, Switzerland.

On display at Landesmuseum Zurich.

📷 me

#Archaeology

Met Museum photo of an Ancient Egyptian artist’s painting of a swallow on a flake of limestone, dated to the New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, c. 1479-1458 BC. The sparrow stands in profile with head to the right. It is delicately painted with a pinkish body. The outline and details are highlighted in a reddish/brown pigment. It’s legs, eye, and beak are painted black. Limestone flake dimensions H. 6.6 cm x W. 10.6 cm. This may have been a practice drawing of the sparrow hieroglyph which was used for words meaning ‘small’, ‘poor’, or ‘bad’. Egyptian artisans who decorated tombs and temples made practice sketches on flakes of limestone which are known by egyptologists as ostraca (singular: ostracon). Sometimes the drawings were used as a template when transferring an image to the wall of a tomb or a temple. Limestone flakes were readily available for this purpose as by-products of the construction of temples and rock-cut tombs. A number of ostraca were recovered at Deir el-Bahri during the 1922-23 MMA excavations.

Artists have always loved to sketch!

Sketch of a sparrow from Egypt dated c. 1479–1458 BC.

Some 3,500 years ago in Egypt, artists used small flakes of limestone as sketchpads!

MMA excavations 1922-23, Deir el-Bahri. 📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

#FindsFriday
#Archaeology

Okay, you got me, that made me laugh out loud ;)

Indie Author Accidentally Summons Eldritch Horror While Designing Book Cover in Canva

Indie Author Accidentally Summons Eldritch Horror While Designing Book Cover in Canva
#writing #writingcommunity #fakeheadlines

Ewww nasty. I use ad & script blockers by default so didn't see them - sorry about that.

Afghanistan’s Unique Roof-Mounted Vehicle Cooling Units Because car AC units break down too often and repairs are too expensive, Afghan taxi drivers often turn to handmade roof-mounted rudimentary cooling units. Driving through Kandahar, Afghanistan's seco...

Necessity is the mother of invention.